Never Have I Ever Again

Tue 24 May 2022 - Filed under: Not a Journal., , | Posted by: Gavin

Never Have I Ever coverI’m delighted to report that the second printing of Isabel Yap’s debut collection Never Have I Ever is now starting to wend its way back to bookshops. The book came out last February and has found a very happy readership, no doubt helped by it being a NYPL Best Books for Adults and on both the Locus and Crawford Award shortlists.

It turns out last year I sent eleven books back for reprints — one of those numbers that makes it more obvious why I felt so busy even though we only published six new titles: 4 short story collections and 2 Elizabeth Hand mystery novels in paperback. Even though it takes 2-3 times as long now to get a reprint as it did a year or two ago, running out of books is the best problem to have!

Anyway, here’s to our second reprint of the year — and I’m sending another book back this week and another back next week — may this reprint be the first of many for Never Have I Ever.

Want some more about the book?

  • Here’s Isabel Yap interviewed by Megan Kakimoto at Full Stop.
  • The Washington Post said the book: “overflows with life and magic, and if you are not familiar with the vibrant literary scene in the Philippines, let this serve as a worthy introduction.”
  • And in their starred review Booklist ended by calling it “A joy to read.”
  • You can also read some dark and fabulous stories: Good Girls, Milagroso, Have You Heard the One About Anamaria Marquez?
  • & that fabulous cover illustration? That’s “Serpent’s Bride” by Alexa Sharpe.
  • And here’s Isabel’s site.